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IPFW Study Abroad process: ISEP Application
hello welcome to the next video for IPFW
study abroad process and today we're
going to be talking about the ISTEP
study abroad application you can find
this application online and you'll see
that both I and I set have access to
your application once you get started
we're happy to help you at any time but
hopefully this video will help you kind
of go through it on your own so first of
all please visit IPFW edu slash study -
abroad and you'll see on the very last
link there's page just for I said study
abroad and on this page there's a lot of
the links that you need such as a
reminder about exchange versus direct
and what that means
reminder about eligibility and the steps
for how to actually apply for those
programs as a reminder you do need to
fill out the IPFW study abroad
application you need to have at least a
2.5 GPA being good academic and
discipline standing and have completed
at least two semesters on a college
campus before you go so here is the link
to the ISS online application and you'll
see that they also have their own
checklist here again happy to help you
at any time but a lot of this you can go
through on your own it will be an online
application will you'll need to create
an account and you can see that you'll
need to find up to 10 places and you can
list them in order preference of where
you would like to go you should not list
places of places that you're not willing
to go to because what happens is I have
looks at your application and first they
compare you to your number one and they
look up preferences and your goals and
the courses that you need and if you're
not in the top four your number one then
they go to your number two then your
number three then you'll get an email
that says congratulations you've been
placed at when do you make out when you
birth you dad to Valparaiso Chile and
then the program have a chance to review
your application and accept your
application and
finally you'll get the chance to get it
back and you'll have the final say if
you want particularly in that program or
not
so the material will be actually need
for your application you can see here um
you'll need ten places of up to ten
places an order preference I would
recommend at least three or at least
four maybe at least one of those
programs should be good very good or
excellent chance of placement the other
materials that you'll need are courses
for each program that you wish to take
there and then up to five to eight
courses for each school and then you'll
also need a letter of recommendation
from my somebody who's had you in a
college classroom that could be an
academic advisor or a professor you're
welcome to add more letters of
recommendation perhaps from a coach or a
boss if you would like to make your
application more competitive but you
most definitely need one just for the
classroom as well and you'll need an
official transcript so you can get in
Kettler t $8 or you can get a free one
if you're a Purdue student online have
emailed to me I can upload it for you or
you just bring it bring your official
transcript here and again I can upload
that for you and finally um you'll need
a personal statement both in English and
the host language that you hope to study
in it's replicable and then a language
evaluation if you're planning on taking
classes in a language other than English
so those are all the materials that you
need now I'm going to show you the
actual application so I just have a
sample application here that I have made
and you'll see that the it's fairly
straightforward at first you just put
your name your GPA what program what
you're hoping to study while abroad but
here you are this quote make sure that
you get this year right what year you
hope to go abroad this section one
placement when
that you just hope to go to one location
and then come home again two placements
would be maybe you spend the fall
semester in Ireland and the spring
semester in South Africa or maybe the
spring semester in China and the summer
semester in Estonia so that's what that
means you can go to two different places
in one application and then you would
choose for how long you hope to be
abroad and then hit save and continue
once you have that set up then you're
able to add courses to your host site
request list so you'll see I have a lot
of courses here already to add a course
just simply choose for which program
that you're hoping to go make sure
you're picking exchange or direct
correctly you need help with deciding
which one you would like and you can ask
me for help then you pick what country
you're hoping to go to select which
program you're hoping to join and then
this is almost always regular University
courses and then you write something
here about why this campus this is the
only chance that you have telling I SAP
why this school over any other school so
this could be something with your
academic goals your personal goals
geography goals remember that it should
be professional can't be just like I
don't know sounds cool or I like the
beach but it should also be maybe
aligned with your major certain family
history the location could be anything
and don't forget I will review all of
this before we turn it in so don't be
nervous about what you write something
else I would like to point out here you
can actually have a mix of exchange and
direct on your list so if you're really
hoping to get into a certain program
that's hard to get into
you could always list it as exchange
first and then later add direct down the
line like you really want to do an
exchange program if you can get into any
of these you'd be willing to pay direct
that's where you could add that though
another important thing to mention
about this such this section is that all
eyes at school will appear in your
drop-down menu here but that doesn't
necessarily mean that that school is
available during the semester that you
chose so to find out if it is available
or not you use the iPad study abroad or
search for programs page and make sure
make sure that you choose the correct
semester in year for what you would like
to go and then your program would show
up there so if it's on this list you can
apply if it's not on this list then you
should not add it to your host site
request list so after you have all of
your courses your programs here and you
can see that I can move them around as
your preferences change then you go to
the course request list and you list the
courses that you're hoping to take at
that University you don't necessarily
add IPFW courses here because think
about it I SEP or maybe the school in
England doesn't know anything about IPFW
classes so there's no reason to list our
course numbers so here you would list
the course number that you find in on
each program site the course mean and
then in other information you would add
something that is relevant to that
program for example any upper level
expository writing course or any course
of linguistic any communication culture
class any 300 level Spanish equivalent
so that's just helpful that they can see
how flexible you are or how much what
type of course is that you're hoping to
take there you'll also see that the only
required thing that you add is the
actual course name sometimes programs
don't have a course number if you can't
find a course number then you don't like
that if you must must must take these
courses then you should check this box
if the courses above cannot be met I do
not want to do place to this institution
so they would
with the home institution if you can
take those classes before they would
move on to your number two number three
number four choice if that's not true
and do not click that button because you
might not be placed at that institution
so once you have at least five to eight
courses at each institution you're ready
to move on to the next step as you can
see if you want to move on to different
steps while you're still finding courses
that's okay you can always come back to
this page later but the program cannot
be approved until you have five to eight
courses for each program and remember
you are not actually registering for
these courses on this page you're simply
telling the host school I'm hoping to
take a variety of upper level Spanish
courses I'm hoping to take some business
classes and some chemistry classes and
that gives them an idea of what you're
actually hoping to take while you're
there
and then when you actually are placed as
a school and you're accepted and you're
officially going then you work with an
advisor like me at the host institution
and they help you sign up for classes so
the other types of materials that you
need we already discussed sometimes
you'll need a language proficiency
report if you hope to take classes
outside of English you'll need a
personal statement and if you see here
you click this arrow and you'll see more
instructions you'll write this in
English and another language if you're
helping to equip questions as a reminder
I'm more than happy to help you with
this type of essay as is Career Services
who has walk-in hours every day tend to
they're very good this type of thing
you'll need an academic reference you'll
see you'll put the faculty name and
email here however do not do this until
you ask their permission or their
willingness to write you a letter
because otherwise and you hit submit
they'll get an automatic email and
that's not a really good way to receive
a request
you'll also need a passport if you do
not yet have a passport and you can just
click this button and hit save and
continue however
it is very important that you start the
process on getting a passport as soon as
possible we have a scanner here in our
office you're welcome to come in and use
that and same as a transcript and then
additional information this is not
required it would just be extra
information such as another letter of
reference maybe your resumes which if
you're applying for a internship type
program I've seen students upload
specific course requirements that
they're really hoping to find abroad
maybe a list of all of the courses an
international study certificate if
you're hoping to work or not abroad so
you and I can just discuss that on what
we think might be necessary there once
all areas are complete and there'll be a
checkmark next to each of these a button
will approve here that says submit that
is submitted to me then I go through
your entire application I read every
word again as compared to each program
sometimes on the program page there'll
be specific information about each
program and what they might require on
the actual application so maybe you'll
see must have successes of Spanish
before you go must upload also a resume
or something like that sometimes you'll
see that information here are they what
they require so make sure to check that
before you turn your program in to me
but I will check that for you as well
before I in a group so if I see
something that needs fixing I'll hit
return to student I'll probably send you
an email like hey check out your
personal statement maybe rewrite this
part or you didn't add enough classes
please go add more courses let me know
if you want help with that if everything
looks good then I write you a
coordinator reference and then I hit
submit and at that chance neither that
point neither
I can edit the application it just comes
back to you for you to pay the $100
application fee and then it goes off to
either blink if you get it in by the
priority deadline August 25th September
1st for fall January February 8th or
February 15th so spring for the
following semester then they'll be about
three weeks four weeks and then what
else where you're placed so thank you
for watching I hope that you found this
helpful please please let me or Jakob
someone I SEP know if you need help with
this process we're happy at any time but
I think and you just start to work
through it it'll be pretty clear thank
you
